FROM THE DORM ROOM JUST AFTER THE BOMBING. IN THIS WEEK'S BOSTON STRONG STORY OF SELF-LESS TRIUMPH IN THE HEART OF HEART BREAKING TRAGEDY. AS JACK HARPER SHOWS US, IT ALL STARTED WITH ONE FATHER'S MISSION TO KEEP HIS SON'S LEGACY ALIVE. HE WAS ONLY FIVE MONTHS OLD WHEN DOCTORS BROKE THE NEWS. GIOVANNI WOULD DIE BEFORE HIS FIRST BIRTHDAY UNLESS THEY SAID HE COULD GET A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT. HIS FATHER MICHAEL WENT TO WORK. I SAID WHAT ARE THE CHANCES AND THEY SAID THE CHANCES ARE ONE IN 20,000 AND I SAID NO PROBLEM, I WILL PUT 20,000 PEOPLE IN THE REGISTRY. AND THEY LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS CRAZY. ONE DONOR AT A TIME HE PULLED IT OFF AND FOR GIOVANNI, A MATCH. SADLY, IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO SAVE HIM. LAST SPRING, GIOVANNI WAS JUST FIVE WHEN HE TOOK HIS LAST BREATH AT BOSTON'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. DESPAIR HIT HIS FATHER HARD. A MISSION TOOK HOLD TO START BONE MARROW REGISTRY DRIVES THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND. REGISTERED OVER 65,000 PEOPLE AND LOCATED 210 MATCHES. 210 MATCHES. 2010 SECOND CHANCES FOR LIFE. HOW ARE YOU BEEN FEELING? GOOD? TWO YEARS HE WAS AT THE VAN ALMOST DIED OF A FORM OF LEUKEMIA. TODAY HE IS HEALTHY THANKS TO A HIGHLY UNLIKELY ETHNIC MATCH FROM DALE FONTAINE. I'M YOUR PEOPLE AND YOU ARE MY PEOPLE. THE GUY THAT SAVED MY LIFE IF IT WASN'T FOR HIM I PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE HERE. KNOWING THAT YOU COULD POTENTIALLY BE THE MISSING PIECE TO THE BUZZ TOLL PUZZLE TO CHANGE ONE'S LIFE. MICHAEL RECRUITED DALE TO THE BONE MARROW REGISTRY. HE WANTS TO PUT AN END TO THAT DISEASE. AS WHAT WE TELL MICHAEL YOU ARE DOING A MINISTRY BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING IT IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON. MY GOAL IS TO REGISTER 100,000 PEOPLE IN NEW ENGLAND AND TURN EVENING INTO THE LIFE SAVING STATE. GIOVANNI IS THE HERO HERE. THE BONE MARROW REGISTRY THAT GIOVANNI'S DAD NOW WORKS FOR CALLS HIM A LIGHTNING BOLT SAYING NO SINGLE RECRUITER HAS COME CLOSE TO HA HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH. THIS STORY CAME TO US FROM YOU. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU AND HEAR MORE OF YOUR IDEAS AS WE